Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
arrêts-buffets
English translation:
the boat judders to a halt when it slams into each wave
Added to glossary by
Steve Melling
Jan 6, 2009 11:24
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arrêts-buffets
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Quoi que je fasse, le bateau tape dans les vagues avec des arrêts-buffets au passage, et ce n'est pas génial!
Proposed translations
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Jan 6, 2009 11:31: Tony M changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Mark Bossanyi
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the boat judders to a halt when it slams into each wave
I suggest "Whatever I try to do, the boat judders to a halt when it slams into each wave and it's no picnic".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is the one I used. Bourth's answer may well be right but I think it only fair to award the points to Mark. "
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halting every now and then
It is clear that "arrêts-buffets au passage" has a figurative meaning, so you could translate the whole phrase for example as: "The boat slams into the waves, halting every now and then".
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Note added at 49 min (2009-01-06 12:14:29 GMT)
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Or perhaps: "..., juddering to a halt"
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Note added at 49 min (2009-01-06 12:14:29 GMT)
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Or perhaps: "..., juddering to a halt"
Example sentence:
Je ne sais plus si je dois aller vite ou pas parce que, quoi que je fasse de toute façon, le bateau tape dans les vagues avec des arrêts-buffets au passage, ...
Right now I have 23 knots and rising and there is lots of banging as the boat slams into the waves
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slamming into the waves
I wouldn't translate it too literally
The boat began slamming into the waves, causing discomfort and slowing our progress. By nightfall we were still miles from home. Today your mother remembers ...
www.birthpsychology.com/lifebefore/stories.html
... pounding banging, stuffing, slamming into the waves that any man in his right ... If you are considering a new boat, stop! Get a Lake and Bay and save ...
lakeandbayboats.com/customer_articles.html
BT yacht. Seb Josse has had a rough ride to stay at the head of the race ... the boat movements are quite hard - constantly slamming into the waves - so ...
www.btplc.com/today/art83176.html
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-01-06 12:55:59 GMT)
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Slam
5. verb intrans. Move violently or loudly; crash; Nautical (of a boat) crash into (the trough of) a wave; plunge or pitch. Foll. by around, through, etc. L20.
OED
The boat began slamming into the waves, causing discomfort and slowing our progress. By nightfall we were still miles from home. Today your mother remembers ...
www.birthpsychology.com/lifebefore/stories.html
... pounding banging, stuffing, slamming into the waves that any man in his right ... If you are considering a new boat, stop! Get a Lake and Bay and save ...
lakeandbayboats.com/customer_articles.html
BT yacht. Seb Josse has had a rough ride to stay at the head of the race ... the boat movements are quite hard - constantly slamming into the waves - so ...
www.btplc.com/today/art83176.html
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-01-06 12:55:59 GMT)
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Slam
5. verb intrans. Move violently or loudly; crash; Nautical (of a boat) crash into (the trough of) a wave; plunge or pitch. Foll. by around, through, etc. L20.
OED
Peer comment(s):
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solejnicz
: Only "slamming into the waves " is too little. It does not reflect the meaning of 'arrets-buffets".
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it certainly does
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Bourth (X)
: I like slamming (I like Grand Corps Malade too) but also feel it needs intensifying, since a boat could also slam THROUGH a wave. Inspiration taken ...
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thanks, yes but I get the impression that these waves are not slam-throughable
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sudden standstills
"... the boat being brought sometimes to a sudden standstill."
Standstill = Inability to proceed, stopped.
Compare with the Rugby term Fr. arrêt-buffet, plaquage net et brutal.
1 hr
with a stop-start motion
another suggestion
+2
3 hrs
is buffeted violently as it slams into the waves
slams into and is buffeted by the waves, etc.
buffet ...[-(O)Fr. buffeter, f. buffet - stool, bench, table ... 1.b. To beat back, contend with (waves, etc.) ...
[SOED]
buffet ...[-(O)Fr. buffeter, f. buffet - stool, bench, table ... 1.b. To beat back, contend with (waves, etc.) ...
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Peer comment(s):
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Graham macLachlan
: perhaps "keeps slamming into the waves, buffeting terribly"
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nnaemeka Odimegwu
: tink agree
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